noriticadj.
/nɔːˈrɪtɪk/, U.S. /nɔˈrɪdɪk/ Geology.
Containing or characterized by norite.
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1933 Pan-American Geologist 60 149 There also exist red rocks which are probably derived from the same magma as the noritic rocks.
1949 F. H. Hatch et al. Petrol. Igneous Rocks (ed. 10) iv. 281 A characteristic feature of certain noritic rocks is the development of symplectic intergrowths along intercrystal boundaries.
1992 S. P. Maran Astron. & Astrophysics Encycl. 460/1 This suite includes a range of rocks from dunite..through gabbroic, noritic, and troctolitic anorthosites.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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